We had an enjoyable Christmas -- [we] are all cheerful and in good shape/health. The first [I] must travel to Bircow. [There is] a wonderful skating rink/ice/lane. The sister of my husband came already [or will come] for three weeks? to us. She lost her husband in December.

Photos from Larry Marquardt.
A military parade by the old cemetery. General Field Marshall von Mackensen with adjutant major. Further back is Reverend Kiekebusch, around 1930.

The unveiling of the Kaiser Wilhelm I monument on July 9th 1911, in the presence of Prince Oskar of Prussia. (Prince Oskar was the 5th son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and lived until 1958).

A postcard of Labes

The intersection of two streets, possibly at the market square.

Two views of the post office

Beutler Street

The market with town hall

The promenade to the Hainholz (Restaurant/Cafe) with the city hospital

The Rega Mill

Restaurant and Cafe Heinholz (Grove-wood) in Labes, owner Carl Mundt

Mainstreet or Hindenburg Street with park, 1968.

Two views of the starch factory after the war

The starch factory after 1945

The factory in 1972

Inside the starch factory

About Labes from Meyers Grosses Konversations Lexikon:

Labes, the capital of County Regenwalde in Prussian Governmental District Stettin, on the Rega (River), knotpoint of the State trainline from Stettin to Belgard, and the small train from Daber to Labes. It has an evangelical church, synagogue, Court of Law, horse stud farm, fabrication of parquet flooring, leather, maccaroni, farming machinery, spirits distillery, dairy and (in 1900) 5069 mostly evangelical inhabitants. Labes belonged earlier to the von Borcke Family.